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IMRRQVEMENT 1N sPADE CHARLES DIMMICK, 0E RROCKPQRT, NEW YORK.

` Lettere Peten; Ne. 60,152, ezeteez Deeembee 4, 1866.

SPECIFICATION.'

T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN:

Be it known that I, CHARLES DrMMIcK, ofBrockport, in the county of Monroe, `and State of NewYork, i

have invented a new and improved Spade Handle; and I do hereby declare that the Afollowing is a full,`c`lear,

marked thereor, forming a part of this specification. i t

This invention has for its object to Vform a spade or shovel handle from one piece of Wood; and` it consists in turning out a piece of wood' to a suitable size; Vand at a propel distancefrom the, end the woo'd is out" out;

and exact description thereof, reference bein g had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference each side ofA what is intended for a handle, so as to leave one-half of `the timber, which leaves it a half round,` which is bent round and the end secured by any well-known means to the body ofthe handle so as lto form aloop.I i To enable others skilled in the art to make and'use my invention, I will proceed todescribe its construction"` and operation.

The figure represents a planvof my improved. handle. Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in the figure.

A represents a handle made of wood, after my improved mode, from a straight piece of timber, first turned in a lathe or worked out round in any other manner. I then commence at the point a and `cut out the timber tapering, as represented-by the line e, to the handle or point, B, at whichpoint I leave a space of suilicient length for the handle, D. E is a square shoulder, as seen at B, and about one-half of the timber cut away to the point z', where it is tapered to a point so that the size will correspond with the main shaft or body of the handle, A, and made round; the end thus bentrround, 'as shown in the model and drawings, is rigidly secured to the main shaft of the handle, A, by means of screws or rivets, 11,11, n. The common method of making the handles for shovels and spades, &c., is to cut the handle out of a board or piece of timber across the grain and rivet the same. But this mode is of but little utility, as by a little `exposure to the weather the handle soon -becomes fractured from the action of the atmosphere and becomes useless. By my invention this diiculty. is obviated, from the fact that the grain runs straight with the handle; therefore there is no liability of its being fractured from the action of the atmosphere or other causes; which makes a handle that is light as wellas strong and durable.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Making a spade or other handle from' a straight piece of wood, formed and bent round in themanner sub`- stantially as herein shown and described, and for the purposes set forth. e

CHARLES DIMMIGK.

Witnesses DANIEL HOLMES, R. CnrcKERrNG. 

